Reply To: Picture frame – hopefully first of many.
That’s a great photo, and the frame complements it well. It’s hard to tell the scale – how big is it? Matt…
That’s a great photo, and the frame complements it well. It’s hard to tell the scale – how big is it? Matt…
I just took the plunge and bought a Stanley 45 Plane off ebay. It only has one cutter though, and narrow dado cutters (1/4″, for example) are quite scarce. I…
…poplar, I’d never used it before and it proved much easier to work than other woods I’ve used recently. I’ve been making my life difficult by using old scaffolding boards…
I think a lot of us have done the scary sharp method and it does work, but it gets expensive in a hurry. As far as your vise goes is…
And very, very scarce these days. And, it seems, attended by some unusual challenges. http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/lignum-vitae/ … for a Paul Sellers walking cane. Glue doesn’t work very well with it, since…
…“critical mass” of knowledge about tools to perform repairs. I found this web site, I don’t know anything about it but he has the parts in stock http://www.antique-used-tools.com/comparts.htm good luck…
We’ve had a few questions come in about table making and the details of this project that make it distinct from the other tables we’ve made. In this video, Paul…
That looks like one sturdy joint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-U1P49r8U not fine woodworking, but interesting nonetheless. David…
…53a face vice, Veritas inset end vice, Record 169 planing stop holder, Gramacy holdfasts and some of the worst scabby pine in the builders’ merchants. Full build log here: http://www.stochasticgeometry.ie/category/woodworking/workbench/…
…of being overbalanced by a long 12″ scale. I can check most tenons and mortises with it. It is the cornerstone of my accuracy in most cases. The double square…